Automobile engine hood



Nov. 20, 1934. G. A. coNARRoE 1,981,093

AUTOMOBILE ENGINE HOOD Filed Deo. 29, 1955 2 sheetsLsheet" 1 g" JN jg i Inventor NOV- 20, 1934- G. A. coNARRoE AUTOMOBILE ENGINE HOOD 2 sheets-sheet 2 Filed Dec. 29, 1955 Il'llllnll'l lll.

f'ade fnd/'rae M 1 Bymx 22m Attomey Patented Nov. 20, 1934 UNITED sTATEs .PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

The present invention relates to a hood for automobiles, trucks, and the like and the prime object thereof is to provide means whereby access may be had to the oil lling spout of the engine without the necessity of raising the hood and at the same time providing automatic illumination means therefor.

Another very important object of the invention resides in the provision of an improvement in an automobile hood which is simple in its construction, inexpensive to construct, practical, thoroughly eflicient and reliable in use and operation, and otherwise well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed.

With the above and numerous other objects in view as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts as will hereinafter be more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of an automobile hood embodying the features of my invention showing the :same with adjacent portions lof the automobile.

Figure 2 is .an inside elevation of one side of the hood showing the light casing in section.

Figure 3 is a horizontal section taken substantially on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a vertical detail section taken substantially on the line 4--4 of Figure 3 but showing the door in open position.

Figure 5 is a diagrammatic view showing the electric wiring.

Referring to the drawings in detail it will be seen that the hood H may be of conventional construction except as hereinafter modiiied. Numeral 5 denotes one side of the hood provided with an opening 6 adjacent to the oil spout '7 to aiord access thereto. A door or closure 8 is associated with the opening 6 being slidable in a pair of guides 9 so that it may be readily opened or closed. 'I'he rear end, in the particular exemplication disclosed herein, of the door 8 is provided with a lateral projection contact member 10. 'A casing 11 is mounted on the inside of the side 5 of the hood H and has suitably mounted therein an electric socket 12 with an electric bulb 13 mounted therein and having a spring contact 14 for engagement by the contact 10 when the door 81s open as shown to ad-A vantage in Figure 4 and indicated diagrammatically in Figure 5.

A detailed description of Figure 5 is deemed unnecessary because a mere glance would show (Cl. 24o-7.1)

that when the door 8 is open the contact 10 engages the contact 14 closing the ground circuit causing illumination of the bulb 13 so that the spout 1 is not only accessible through the opening 6 but is suiciently illuminated.

It is thought that the construction, operation, utility and advantages of this invention will now be clearly understood by those skilled in this art without a more detailed description out departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed or sacrincing any of its advantages.

Having thus described my "invention, what I claim as new is: v

In combination, an engine crank case oil iiller 3 spout, an engine hood having the side thereof adjacent said spout provided with an opening, a slidable closure for said opening, a lamp for illuminating the spout, a socket mounted on the f inside of said hood to receive the lamp, said socket having a current supply connected at one side and a spring contact connected to the other side, said closure being provided with a projection adapted to engage said spring contact when in open position to ground the lamp.

GRACE ALLEN CONARROE. 

